Li Lun, lad of courage
By: Carolyn Treffinger ; illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Contributors: Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974, ill; Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974, illustrator
Edition: Merit Book ed.
Series: Merit books; Merit books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Courage; Rice; Planting
Description: Because of his fear of the sea, a young Chinese boy is sent to a distant mountain where he proves his bravery. Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his rice seedling flourish where no one else has for generations.